Through a partnership with S.M.I.L.E, Nigeria, a set of Pencil Project books have been placed in the iRead Mobile library in Nigeria,   iRead Mobile Library is the first innovative books on wheels for children in Nigeria. They have books in trucks and vans that they take around to the schools and communities. Children can borrow the books to read. The children record what they have read through a review journal and they return the books when the mobile library visits again.   IRead holds read-aloud evening where children meet at the library and are encouraged/inspired to read more.

In this video, Joshua Sandy, the Director of Door of Hope, shares about the impact of donated school supplies in schools in the Wellington Community, Freetown, Sierra Leone. School supplies are making education possible and easing the financial burden on families. He extends a special "thank you" to donors for providing the supplies.

We are delighted to inform you that the Audio Book for the Pencil Project is now available on iTunes and on Audible

Links are available below to download on iTunes and Audible

Article by: ​Aisha Mbowe  &  Jason O. Boyd -http://www.wcti12.com/news/local-news/onslow/students-service-project-le...

RICHLANDS, Onslow County - Every story book starts with an idea.

One of Trexler's own 6th graders, Colleen Newbold, began working with an organization called Develop Africa when she was in 4th grade. She began collecting pencils to donate to the organization so that children in Africa would have something to write with at school. Richlands Elementary School 4th grade teacher James Ryan Orr wrote about Colleen's efforts in a book titled The Pencil Project which is a new release from Amazon.

The newly released book “The Pencil Project” by Richlands Elementary School teacher James Ryan Orr is partly fiction but the story that inspired it began two years ago with an assignment for his fourth-grade class.

Orr challenged his students to find a need somewhere in the world and come up with a plan to help make it better.

They did and one particular project has grown into an ongoing service project and is the basis of Orr’s book.